Public Safety

More than a million GE dishwashers are being recalled because of heating elements that can fail and cause fires. The recall includes about 1.3 million GE, GE Adora, GE Eterna, GE Profile and Hotpoint dishwashers.

Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department Records. Charges or citations listed in Police Beat do not imply innocence or guilt. The Los Alamos Police Department uses the term “arrest” to define anyone who has been physically arrested; served a court summons, or issued a citation.

July 26

10:38 p.m. ­­–– A 46-year-old Los Alamos woman reported a burglary of her vehicle in the 100 block of La Mesa Circle.

Crews will be working to finish on Cañada Way then moving to Rover from Carlsbad to Grand Canyon, and the Longview.
Flyers will be distributed 48 hours in advance of work beginning in the immediate area. Once construction gets to your area, please ensure that all vehicles are parked off-street.
Expect flagging operations, minor delays, and typical construction activity. Please note that progress may be slowed by rain or mechanical delays.
Other Los Alamos streets included in this year’s program include Range Road and North Mesa Road from Hawk Drive to just east of the Posse Lodge.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... CHUSKA MOUNTAINS... FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS... JEMEZ MOUNTAINS... LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY... NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS... NORTHWEST PLATEAU... SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS... WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS... WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU.

DENVER (AP) — A once-thriving Colorado neighborhood of homes and healthy trees has been reduced to a barren expanse of ash and debris. Across the state, a river prized for its trout, rapids and pristine water instead flows as an oily, black brew every time rain falls on nearby slopes charred by wildfire.
In New Mexico, the Santa Clara Pueblo is seeking volunteers to fill sandbags for fear the American Indian village of 3,100 will be washed away by runoff from mountainsides left denuded by a blaze last year.
Wildfires across the West are burning homes, businesses, bridges and other infrastructure necessary for everyday life — and the disaster isn’t over when the wildfire is snuffed out and the firefighters go home.

Though the meeting at White Rock Fire Station No. 3 looked like just another casual get together between town officials, it was anything but.

County, emergency and school officials met in White Rock Tuesday to dress rehearse for an event no one hopes ever happens; a mass shooting at Los Alamos High School. Officials are calling it “Operation Hilltopper.”

In October, the school is going to be ground zero for the town-wide emergency drill, a drill designed to test for weak spots in the way Los Alamos responds to a mass casualty event.

The White Rock meeting was about smoothing out the details before the main event Oct. 8.

When employees reported for duty at the diner Sunday, they found the cash register had been busted open.

Total take? Less than $10 according to Lane. The cash register was worth more, she said.

“For $10, they completely tore up my cash register,” she said. “That will cost more to replace than the amount of money they took out of it.” Lane said this was the fourth time in five to six years that this has happened to her. This time around however was even more frustrating because she recently had a motion detecting alarm system put in, but it never went off.

Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department records. Charges or citations listed in Police Beat do not imply innocence or guilt. The Los Alamos Police Department uses the term “arrest” to define anyone who has been physically arrested, served a court summons, or issued a citation.

July 19

12:47 a.m. –– A 54-year-old Los Alamos woman reported being bitten by a dog along West Road. The dog was impounded.

10:54 p.m. ­­–– Tanner Barber, 25, of Los Alamos was arrested for driving with a suspended or revoked license on Arkansas Avenue.
July 20

Diamond Drive near Golf Course
Starting Monday after the morning commute, traffic control will be in place on Diamond Drive in the vicinity of the Golf Course to repair a leaking irrigation line. The outside lanes of both northbound and southbound traffic will be closed and the bike lanes will be shifted inwards to provide a safe work zone for shoulder work. Minimal delays may be experienced.
Pavement Preservation Program